Job Application Form

Job Title: Quality Compliance Officer(2516)

Please refer to the ‘Guide for Applicants’ whilst completing the application form.
  • Applications must be submitted using this form only. CVs will not be accepted.
  • Applicants who choose not to use email to submit their application may submit a handwritten or typed application form. This must be completed in BLACK INK.
  • Information relating to NRC’s Policy on ‘Vetting of Prospective Appointees’is available at:
  • The closing date for applications is 15/12/2017 at1.00pm. Please note the onus is on the applicant to ensure applications are received by HR by the specified date and time.

  1. Personal Details

Title:Choose an item. Forename: / Surname:
Address for Correspondence:
Postcode: / Home Telephone:
Mobile Telephone:
Email:
Date of Birth:
For lecturing roles only:
Have you ever been subjected to a prohibition or restriction of employment (or further employment) as a teacher / lecturer by the Department of Employment and Learning (DEL) or the Department of Education (DE), which currently renders you ineligible to teach in FE?
Choose an item.
  1. Disability

Please provide details of any special arrangements you may require, in relation to correspondence or access if invited to interview.
  1. Education and Qualifications

Subject / Level/Stage
(eg GCSE, A, RSA, etc) / Result obtained
(eg A, B, C, 2.1, etc) / Date obtained
  1. Registration and Membership

Professional and Technical Staff should ensure that relevant Registration and Membership numbers are quoted in this section.
Name of
Professional Body / Registration No.
(if applicable) / Stage with Result / Examinations yet to be taken

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  1. Employment History

This section should contain an outline of your employment history, starting with your current/most recent employment.
Name, Address and Business of Employer / Position Held / Dates: MM/YYYY / Brief description of Duties / Reason for Leaving
From / To
Click here to enter a date. / Click here to enter a date. /
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  1. Additional Information

Current/most recent salary: / Notice Period:
Do you have access to suitable transport for business purposes to effectively perform the duties of this post?
Choose an item.
If yes please provide details of suitable transport arrangements
  1. References

Please name two referees, one of whom should have knowledge of you as an employee and be in a supervisory / managerial capacity.
Please note: References will not be accepted from Relatives or College Employees / Governors.
Name: / Name:
Address:
Postcode: / Address:
Postcode:
Email Address: / Email Address:
Telephone: / Telephone:
Occupation: / Occupation:
  1. Advertisement

Please state where you saw this vacancy advertised:
  1. Information for shortlisting purposes

Please refer to the Selection Criteria for the post detailed in the Guide for Applicants.
Applicants must demonstrate how they meet the Eligibilityand Desirable Criteria specified.
Applicants who do not fully demonstrate essential criteria will not progress to the selection stage.
Each criterion box is limited to 2000 characters.
Eligibility Criterion 1: Please provide details of your level 5 qualification.
Eligibility Criterion 2: Pleaseprovide details of your experience in undertaking audit and compliance reviews.
Eligibility Criterion 3: Pleaseprovide details of your competence in the use of the Microsoft office suite of applications.
Eligibility Criterion 4: Please provide details of your experience in presenting data in a clear and consistent manner.

9.Information for Shortlisting Purposes

The following section asks you to outline your experience in relation to the desirable criteriaspecified inthe relevant role description. This section of the application form must be completed in all cases.

Desirable Criterion 1:Please provide details of your knowledge of data protection legislation and an understanding of the requirement for confidentially within the quality unit.
Desirable Criterion 2: Please provide details of yourexperience of promoting and developing a culture of curriculum excellence and of performance management.
  1. Disclaimer

The Northern Regional College is under a duty to protect the public funds it administers and to this end may use the information you have provided on this form for the prevention and detection of fraud. It may also share this information with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds for these purposes. Further information is available at:
  1. Next steps

Please ensure you have fully completed all relevant parts of this application form, including the attached Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form which mustbe completed and returned with your application.
Completed applications can be emailed to:
Hard copy applications can be sent to:Human Resources Department, Northern Regional College, Farm Lodge, Ballymena, BT43 7DF).
  1. Personal Declaration

Any applicant found to have knowingly given false information or to have wilfully suppressed any material fact may disqualify themselves from the recruitment process or, if already appointed, may be dismissed.
By checking this box I confirm that:
  • the statements given by me on this application are true;
  • I understand that deliberate falsification of factual information may prejudice my application or lead to an offer of employment being withdrawn.
Signature: Date:
FOR REGULATED ACTIVITY POSTS:
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) keeps a barred list on people who are unsuitable for working with children. People on this list are barred from regulated activity with children and it is a criminal offence for someone on this list to work, or apply to work in regulated activity. The post you are applying for is deemed to be regulated activity.
In signing and submitting this application you are confirming to the Northern Regional College that you are not on any barred list held by the DBS as unsuitable to work with children.
The statements given by me on this application are to the best of my knowledge and belief true. I understand that deliberate falsification of factual information may prejudice my application or lead to an offer of appointment being withdrawn and that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if I am on the barred list held by DBS as unsuitable for working with children
Signature: Date:

NORTHERN REGIONAL COLLEGE

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES MONITORING QUESTIONNAIRE FOR JOB APPLICANTS

THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE WILL BE TREATED AS CONFIDENTIAL

THIS MONITORING FORM MUST BE RETURNED WITH YOUR APPLICATION

The Northern Regional College is committed to equality for all job applicants. The College selects those suitable for employment and promotion solely on the basis of merit and is also monitoring its activities to ensure that its equal opportunities policy is effectively implemented.

The application of equal opportunity in the College is being monitored on the basis of a comparison of person of different religious belief, political opinion, racial group, age, marital status or sexual orientation, between men and women generally, between persons with a disability and those without and between persons with dependants and those without.

Access to this information will be strictly controlled and will not be available to those considering your application for employment. Monitoring will involve the use of statistical summaries of information in which the identities of individuals will not appear. Whilst the College will treat the information given in this monitoring questionnaire as confidential, applicants are advised that legal processes may require the College to disclose the information given on this questionnaire to certain statutory bodies and, in some circumstances, open Tribunal. The information will subsequently be transferred to the monitoring system operated for the College. There it will be strictly controlled in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

  1. Fair Employment Monitoring

The Northern Regional College has a legal duty to ascertain your community background under the Fair Employment and Treatment (NI) Order 1998. Regardless of whether we practice our religion, most of us in Northern Ireland are seen as belonging to either the Protestant or Roman Catholic Community. We are therefore asking you to indicate your community by ticking the appropriate box below.
I am a member of the Protestant Community
I am a member of the Roman Catholic Community
I am not a member of either the Protestant or Roman Catholic Community
  1. Sex

MaleFemale
  1. Marital Status

Single (Never Married)Widowed
Married/Civil PartnershipDivorced
OtherSeparated (still legally married)
  1. Political Opinion

Broadly UnionistOther
Broadly NationalistI do not wish to answer
  1. Religious Belief

CatholicProtestant
Baha’iBuddhist
HinduJewish
MuslimSikh
Other
  1. Racial Group

BangladeshiChinese
Black AfricanIndian
Black CaribbeanIrish Traveller
PakistaniMixed Ethnic Group
Black OtherWhite
Any Other Ethnic Group :
  1. Nationality

e.g. British, Irish, Polish, Latvian:
  1. Disability

Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 a person is considered to have a disability if he/she has a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long term adverse effect on the individual’s ability to carry out normal day to day activities.
Do you consider that you have such a disability YesNo
If ‘yes’ please indicate the nature of your disability by ticking the appropriate box(es)
MobilityVisualSpeech
HearingMental HealthLearning
OtherLong standing illness or Health difficulties
If you disclose a disability and you are the successful applicant, any reasonable adjustments or other needs within the workplace will be discussed with you.
  1. Sexual Orientation

Under the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (NI) 2003 sexual orientation means sexual orientation towards:
  • Persons of the same sex (this covers gay men and lesbians)
  • Persons of the opposite sex (this covers heterosexual men and women)
  • Persons of both sexes (this covers bisexual men and women)
In relation to the above definition please indicate your sexual orientation by ticking the appropriate box below
HeterosexualLesbian/Gay
BisexualI do not wish to answer
  1. Dependants

No caring responsibilities Care for children
Care for other with disabilityCare for an older person
Other
It is an offence under the Fair Employment (NI) Act 1989 to give false information.
Thank you for your co-operation. This information is collected for the purposes of our duty under Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act, 1998.

QLP updated by: ______Date: ______

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